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Miela Goodchild had 4 points in 7 minutes in Australia's 62-53 win over Colombia at the U19 World Championship to advance to the quarterfinals. Nebraska signee Isabelle Bourne had 11 points while in the loss, junior college player Mayra Caicedo had 17 points and 6 steals and South Florida signee Maria Alvarez had 13 points.http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19...a#tab=boxscore

On the subject of U19 World Championships, boys are already working on qualification for the next one. San Juan, Puerto Rico, which seems to hosts everything these days, was the site of the U17 Centrobasket tournament that qualified its top three teams for next summer's Americas U18 Championship that will send teams to the 2021 World Championship. Mexico edged the hosts 65-60 for the title, but both teams had already clinched spots for next year with wins yesterday. The last spot was taken by the Bahamas, which held off the Dominican Republic 85-83.
Final Standings:
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Dominican Republic
Panama
US Virgin Islands
Jamaica
El Salvador

USA Basketball has unveiled a new plan for keeping a number of players from going overseas while keeping them in shape for the WNBA and a handful of national team games before the Olympics. Chelsea Gray is one of eight players committed to being a part of that program:https://www.usab.com/news-events/new...r-2019-20.aspx

Sofia Roma is one of the players selected by Puerto Rico for the upcoming Pan American Games. I believe that they still have to make one cut from the list before playing in games. Since it is a non-FIBA event, I will cover the tournament like it was made up of exhibition games and they can be seen in the United States on ESPN3.http://www.fbpur.org/not2.asp?r=1C61...877843F5C828E2

Eric Boateng is one of the players listed in Great Britain's squad for upcoming EuroBasket qualifiers. It's very borderline for him to be among the best twelve players these days, but he does have plenty of experience and it is good news that he healthy and available to play after having his club season ended by injury.http://gb.basketball/2019/07/27/gb-m...ers-announced/

Sofia Roma and Puerto Rico start the Pan American Games on Tuesday. Games will be on ESPN3, but sometimes games will be part of the coverage on ESPNU or ESPN Deportes although they do not always have detailed listings for those TV blocks. They play Paraguay at 11:30am ET on Tuesday, Brazil at 10:00pm ET on Wednesday, and Canada at 10:00pm ET on Thursday. The United States is fielding college players only, which includes Bella Alarie, but no other players with Duke ties.

Teams just finished playing in Kigali, Rwanda for spots in next year's U17 World Championship on the girls' side. Mali beat Egypt for the African title, but both teams already qualified for the world stage with wins yesterday.
Final Standings:
Mali
Egypt
Angola
Mozambique
Uganda
Rwanda
Tanzania

Today marked the start of the final games for teams trying to earn spots in the main draw of EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying. There are four groups of three teams each with the group winners advancing after winning the double round-robin. In Group E, Belarus beat Albania, which got 16 points from naturalized player Dallas Moore, 73-51. The visitors got 10 points from their naturalized player Maalik Wayns and 14 points and 10 rebounds from former collegian Artsiom Parakhouski. In Group F, Slovakia beat Cyprus 67-60 with 23 points and 12 rebounds from former collegian Vladimir Brodziansky. In Group G, Luxembourg beat Kosovo 88-80 despite 19 points and 6 rebounds from naturalized player Divine Myles. In Group H, Switzerland was able to bring in Clint Capela and he had 16 points and 11 rebounds to help them past Portugal, which got 12 points and 11 rebounds from naturalized player Jeremiah Wilson, 77-72.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...s#tab=boxscorehttp://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...s#tab=boxscorehttp://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...o#tab=boxscorehttp://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...l#tab=boxscore

Qualification for tournaments far in the future continued with the European U18 Championships finishing today. Qualification is not direct from this tournament, but teams needed to make it to Division A next summer to stay in the qualification process for the 2021 World U19 Championship. Division A was held in Volos and Portaria in Greece and Spain was the expected champion. The other important games were on the other end of the standings as Finland had looked to secure safety earlier in the week, but lost to 78-66 to Croatia to be the last team to be demoted. Latvia and the Netherlands already sealed their fate with losses yesterday.
Final Standings:
Spain
Turkey
Slovenia
Greece
France
Russia
Lithuania
Great Britain
Italy
Serbia
Germany
Montenegro
Croatia
Finland
Netherlands
Latvia

Division B ended in dramatic fashion with Israel edging Poland 81-79 for the title in Oradea, Romania. Both teams already sealed spots in the next Division A tournament with wins yesterday and the Czech Republic joined them with an 89-80 win over North Macedonia.
Final Standings:
Israel
Poland
Czech Republic
North Macedonia
Estonia
Portugal
Sweden
Georgia
Ukraine
Belgium
Iceland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belarus
Bulgaria
Hungary
Ireland
Austria
Denmark
Switzerland
Norway
Romania
Slovakia
Kosovo
Luxembourg

Sofia Roma did not play in Puerto Rico's first game at the Pan American Games, a 91-73 win over Paraguay. Ex-James Madison player Jazmon Gwathmey had 21 points, ex-Kentucky player Jennifer O'Neill had 14 points and 6 assists, ex-Oregon State player Ali Gibson had 12 points, and ex-Rhode Island player Tayra Melendez had 10 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, ex-NAIA player Paola Ferrari had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists and ex-NAIA player Tamara Insfran had 12 points.https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/en/...pa-000100-.htm

Sofia Roma played 6 minutes as Puerto Rico lost to Brazil 64-58 at the Pan American Games. Jennifer O'Neill had 23 points and Jazmon Gwathmey had 15 points. A pair of ex-WNBA players had good games in the win as Clarissa Dos Santos and Erika De Souza each had 12 points.https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/en/...pa-000300-.htm

EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification continued with four more games. In Group E, Denmark made their debut with an 81-78 win in Belarus with 19 points from former collegian Kevin Larsen. For the hosts, naturalized player Maalik Wayns had 15 points and former collegian Artsiom Parakhouski had 13 points and 8 rebounds. In Group F, Romania started their games with an 85-70 win in Cyprus. In Group H, Portugal bounced back and beat Iceland 80-79 with 20 points from naturalized player Jeremiah Wilson. In the loss, former collegian Martin Hermannsson had 28 points and Davidson's Jon Axel Gudmundsson had 13 points. Eric Boateng was not picked for Great Britain's first game, a 71-63 win in Kosovo in Group G play. A number of other former collegians featured, including Gabe Olaseni, who had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Luke Nelson, who had 14 points. http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...k#tab=boxscorehttp://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...a#tab=boxscorehttp://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...d#tab=boxscorehttp://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...n#tab=boxscore

Sofia Roma played 2 minutes in Puerto Rico's 72-63 win over Canada at the Pan American Games. Jazmon Gwathmey had 22 points and recent Dartmouth graduate Isalys Quinones had 11 points. In the loss, ex-Oregon State player Jamie Weisner had 16 points, Shaina Pellington, who is transferring from Oklahoma to Arizona, had 14 points, and ex-Virginia Tech player Samantha Hill had 11 points and 6 rebounds. With the win, they will next face Bella Alarie and the United States at 10pm ET on Friday and can be seen on ESPN3 with some ESPNU coverage also possible.https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/en/...a-000200-.htmv

Sofia Roma played 4 minutes in Puerto Rico's 62-59 loss to the United States, which was represented by some of the top college players. Bella Alarie had 7 points in 23 minutes, Miami's Beatrice Mompremier had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Chennedy Carter of Texas A&M had 14 points. Jennifer O'Neill had 19 points and Jazmon Gwathmey. They will now play for the Pan American Games Bronze against Colombia at 7pm ET on Saturday on ESPN3 with some ESPNU coverage possible.https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/en/...nl-000200-.htm

Sofia Roma did not play as Puerto Rico won the Bronze Medal at the Pan American Games by beating Colombia 66-55. Jazmon Gwathmey had 13 points and 14 rebounds, Isalys Quinones had 12 points, and Tayra Melendez and Ali Gibson had 10 points each.https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/en/...nl-000200-.htm

EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualification continued with four more games as we reach the halfway point.

In Group H, Iceland edged past Switzerland 83-82 to make all teams even at this points, but the visitors have the edge in the tiebreakers so far. Davidson's Jon Axel Gudmonsson had 18 points and former collegian Martin Hermannsson had 16 points in the win. Clint Capela had 13 points and 7 rebounds in the loss. http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...d#tab=boxscore
Standings: Switzerland 1-1, Iceland 1-1, Portugal 1-1

In Group E, Denmark remained undefeated with a 95-73 win over Albania as former collegian Kevin Larsen had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Naturalized player Dallas Moore had 12 points in the loss.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...a#tab=boxscore
Standings: Denmark 2-0, Belarus 1-1, Albania 0-2

In Group F, Romania has the early lead as naturalized player Giordan Watson had 19 points and 6 assists in their 85-68 win over Slovakia. In the loss, former collegian Vladimir Brodziansky had 17 points and 9 rebounds and naturalized player Andre Jones had 10 points.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...#|tab=boxscore
Standings: Romania 2-0, Slovakia 1-1, Cyprus 0-2

In Group G, Eric Boateng was not selected again for Great Britain, but they are in good shape after a 71-54 win over Luxembourg. A number of former collegians featured, including Gabe Olaseni, who had 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Teddy Okereafor, who had 10 points and 7 rebounds.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...g#tab=boxscore
Standings: Great Britain 2-0, Luxembourg 1-1, Kosovo 0-2

The most prestigious European youth competition on the women's side finished today as Division A of the U20 Championship was played in Klatovy in the Czech Republic. Italy beat Russia 70-67 to win the championship, but there was a lot at stake at the other end of the standings. Belarus and Germany found themselves getting dropped to Division B for next summer with losses yesterday and Portugal joins them after a 60-56 loss to the Netherlands.
Final Standings:
Italy
Russia
France
Belgium
Spain
Serbia
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
Latvia
Lithuania
Sweden
Netherlands
Portugal
Belarus
Germany

In Division B, teams were looking for promotion from the tournament in Prishtina, Kosovo. Bulgaria beat Finland in the final after both teams already secured their places with wins yesterday. Ireland beat Great Britain 60-57 for the other place as the field was much smaller than typical ones in Europe at this level.
Final Standings:
Bulgaria
Finland
Ireland
Great Britain
Israel
Croatia
Turkey
Romania
Ukraine
Iceland
Greece
Kosovo

In Group H, Portugal took the lead with a 84-68 win over Switzerland as naturalized player Jeremiah Wilson had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Clint Capela had 13 points and 11 rebounds as he was very hopeful of helping his team advance, but their progress is no longer in their control.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...d#tab=boxscore

There were no surprises among the quarterfinal winners as the first four teams clinched spots in Olympic qualifying from AfroBasket Women. Nigeria, Mali, Mozambique, and Senegal will also continue to play for the championship. The other two spots will go to the winners of Angola-Egypt and Democratic Republic of Congo-Ivory Coast.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola are the last two teams from Africa to still be in Olympic contention after winning key games at AfroBasket Women. The Americas and Asia/Oceania teams will be determined in late September.

Eric Boateng returned to the lineup for Great Britain, but did not play as they clinched their spot in the EuroBasket 2021 qualifiers with a 101-79 win over Kosovo. There are many other former collegians on the team as Luke Nelson had 19 points, Gabe Olaseni had 18 points and 6 rebounds, and Ashley Hamilton had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Naturalized player Divine Myles had 13 points in the loss.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...o#tab=boxscore

The European U16 Championship concluded today as five Boys' teams qualified for next year's U17 World Championship. Spain beat France 70-61 in the final, but both teams along with Italy and Russia had already secured world championship spots with wins in Wednesday's quarterfinals. Turkey beat Greece 75-62 for 5th place and the last world championship spot. At the other end of the standings, Estonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina already dropped down to next year's B Division tournament with losses yesterday. Latvia survived and sent Germany down with a 79-67 win.
Final Standings:
Spain
France
Italy
Russia
Turkey
Greece
Serbia
Croatia
Lithuania
Slovenia
Israel
North Macedonia
Germany
Latvia
Estonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Division B held their tournament in Podgorica, Montenegro. Poland beat the Netherlands 71-58 in the final, but both teams secured spots in next year's top division tournament with wins yesterday. The hosts were looking for the last promotion spot, but lost to Denmark 85-54.
Final Standings:
Poland
Netherlands
Denmark
Montenegro
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Romania
Ukraine
Great Britain
Portugal
Sweden
Finland
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Belarus
Cyprus
Slovakia
Georgia
Austria
Switzerland
Norway
Kosovo

It was the last day of AfroBasket Women and Nigeria defended their crown as they will likely continue to be the powerhouse on the continent if they can keep bringing in some of the large number of American players with ties to the country.

The draw was also conducted to determine which of the six teams advancing from this tournament will be in which groups for the next stage of Olympic qualifying. Nigeria, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be in one group and Senegal, Mali, and Angola in the other. The top two teams in each group advance to the one game playoffs that will send the winners to the final Olympics qualifiers.

Eric Boateng had 7 points and 7 rebounds in 23 minutes as Great Britain beat Luxembourg 93-65 to finish pre-qualifying having already advanced from Group G. Other former collegians got in the act as Luke Nelson had 17 points and Ashley Hamilton had 12 points and 8 rebounds.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...n#tab=boxscore
Standings: Great Britain 4-0, Kosovo 1-3, Luxembourg 1-3

The day started with Romania clinching Group F by leaving Slovakia with a 77-74 win with 11 points and 7 assists from naturalized player Giordan Watson. In the loss, naturalized player Andre Jones had 25 points and former collegian Vladimir Brodziansky had 17 points and 8 rebounds.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...a#tab=boxscore
Standings: Romania 4-0, Slovakia 2-2, Cyprus 0-4

The group that entered the day with the most uncertainty was H and it lived up to all expectations as Switzerland fell behind in their quest to advance, but not only won the game, but turned it around enough to flip the tiebreakers by 5 points with a 109-85 win as Clint Capela had 18 points and 15 rebounds. Iceland has a number of former collegians as Martin Hermannsson had 28 points and Davidson's Jon Axel Gudmundsson had 10 points and 8 rebounds.http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobaske...d#tab=boxscore
Standings: Switzerland 2-2, Iceland 2-2, Portugal 2-2